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# Sánchez: dependence on Starlink is 'servitude', pledges Spain's Iris2 funding programme
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-05-20-sanchez-iris2-servitude-speech/
- Published: 2026-05-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T12:00:32.000Z
- Description: At Madrid's Space Congress, Spain's PM Pedro Sánchez said dependence on one satellite provider, as with Ukraine, is not dependence but 'servitude, or even worse, slavery', and pledged a programme this year to help fund Iris2.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #opinion, #editor-read

Verified Opinion Editor-read [La Moncloa (Spanish government), transcript of PM's speech, 20 May 2026](https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/presidente/intervenciones/Paginas/2026/20260520-transcripcion-sanchez-congreso-espacio.aspx?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish a budget figure, a chosen contractor, or that the programme has been formally adopted.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Position speech only; no board question moves until a funded, supplier-chosen programme follows.. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-09-22\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)